IT says a lot about Ronan McDonagh that no matter what event he plays in now, success seems to follow.
This weekend the Offaly man added an INDO Development Tour win to his growing list of achievements.
It comes just a week after he qualified for the Modus Super Series through the ADC Irish regional qualifiers for the second time, having made it all the way to the final at Modus on his debut in the event earlier this year.
Yet he tells Darts In Ireland he believes that there are still more levels he can reach, given the standards he has witnessed playing on the PDC Development Tour, and at INDO events around Ireland.
On Saturday, Ronan won the INDO Development Tour event, beating Galway's Dylan Dowling in the final.
He said: "I'm very happy with the way I've thrown this weekend and my averages have always been there or thereabouts.
"I beat Dylan in a good final, he's a good friend of mine so it was good to get the win over him"
Both Ronan and Dylan have been competing on the PDC Development Tour this year, where they are more than holding their own.
This is the first year that Ronan has played on it and he admits the standard is extremely high.
"You can hitting 90 averages over there and still be losing," he says.
"It's a different ball game when playing at that level, you can't make any mistakes or you are punished straight away, it can be very hard but it's a great experience."
Another event in the UK that Ronan has acquitted himself extremely well at is the Modus Super Series.
The reigning All Ireland Inter Counties B champion enjoyed an incredible Modus campaign back in February as he marched all the way to the final.
After qualifying for Modus yet again, Ronan says he's very much looking forward to getting back to the Live Lounge in Portsmouth for another crack at it this summer.
He said: "I can't wait to go back there again. I thought I might get an invite after making it to the final on my last week there but I've gone the hard way about it by going out and qualifying anyway.
"Beating Stephen Rosney in the regional qualifier final was special as he showed why he's the number one in Ireland.
"Stephen threw a 100 average in that final so I was delighted to get the better of him."
Ronan's recent successes are all the more remarkable given he had suffered badly with dartitis for a number of years.
But he told Darts In Ireland he just wants to move on from that and keep improving.
He said: "I struggled badly with dartitis for at least seven years and I'm not even sure how I got rid of it.
"I just stopped trying to win all the time and to start enjoying my darts again and luckily it went away.
"I'm nearly a year over it now and I'm delighted with how my game is going."
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